Employee opens fire at FedEx sorting center

KENNESAW, Ga. (AP) — A FedEx employee wearing ammunition draped across his chest "like Rambo" opened fire today at a package-sorting center outside Atlanta, wounding six people before apparently committing suicide, police and witnesses said.

Three of the wounded were hospitalized in critical condition, including two who were in surgery with life-threatening injuries.

The victims suffered multiple gunshot wounds that were consistent with shotgun blasts, Dr. Michael Nitzken of Wellstar Kennestone Hospital told reporters at a news conference.

The gunman, who was found dead inside the sprawling facility, worked for FedEx as a package handler, Cobb County police Sgt. Dana Pierce said.

David Titus, a FedEx truck driver, said he was just coming to work around 6 a.m. when he saw someone walk up and shoot a security guard in the abdomen outside the building. He said he could hear more gunshots after the gunman went inside.

"It was chaos," Titus said. "Everyone was running, ducking and hiding, trying to get out of there."

Authorities did not immediately offer any details about the gunman's identity or any possible motive.